(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 23 - The death toll following the collapse
overnight of a balcony of the Vela Celeste (Sky Blue Sail)
building in the town of Scampia near Naples has risen to two,
authorities said on Tuesday.
Naples Prefect Michele di Bari said a man, aged 29, and a woman,
35, had died while 13 people had reported injuries, including
seven children between the ages of two and eight.
Authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse and
the 800 residents of the building, including 300 children, have
been evacuated.
Several other 'Sails' apartment buildings have been torn down
over their state of decay in the crime-ridden district. (ANSA).
Two dead, 13 wounded in Naples balcony collapse
Seven children among the injured
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